Premonetary Value Theory

As Prämonetäre theory of value is denoted by Hans-Georg Backhaus explanations of the capitalist economic system in which the money has an external and insignificant role.

Backhaus wrote 1978 value-form analysis of Karl Marx :

It can be shown that the value form analysis only gains a tangible meaning and non-trivial information content if it is interpreted as a criticism of premonet theories of value and in one with it as a qualitative theory of money. This dual character of Marx's analysis of form can only be recognized and worked out on the basis of a 'logical' reception.

Accordingly, both the labor quantity theory of classical bourgeois economy, the theory of Proudhonism of the validity of a simple law of value and Friedrich Engels ' interpretation of Marx's method of representing the criticism of political economy as a logical-historical method are premonetic , and consequently also orthodox Marxism , Marxism-Leninism and large parts of Western Marxism .

Individual evidence

↑ Marjorie Wiki: Dual Character
↑ H.-G. Backhaus: Materials for the Reconstruction of Marx's Theory of Value III. (1978), In: H.-G. Backhaus: Dialectic of the form of value. Freiburg 1997, p. 154, quoted from I. Stützle: The question of the constitutive relevance of the money commodity. 2004, p. 4.

literature

Hans-Georg Backhaus : Dialectics of the form of value. Studies on Marx's economic criticism. ça ira-Verlag, Freiburg i. Br. 1997
Michael Heinrich : Money and Credit in the Critique of Political Economy. (rtf), In: The argument. 251, Volume 45, 2003, pp. 397-409.
Ingo Stützle : The question of the constitutive relevance of monetary goods in Marx's critique of political economy. 2004. (PDF; 115 kB)
Dieter Wolf : Social practice and the problem of money goods. With a critical examination of Ingo Stützle, Michael Heinrich and Jannis Milios. (PDF 454 kB) In: Ansgar Knolle-Grothusen, Stephan Krüger, Dieter Wolf: Geldware, Geld und Currency. Basics for solving the problem of money commodities. Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-88619-345-5 .

[1] Marjorie Wiki: Dual Character

[2] H.-G. Backhaus: Materials for the Reconstruction of Marx's Theory of Value III. (1978), In: H.-G. Backhaus: Dialectic of the form of value. Freiburg 1997, p. 154, quoted from I. Stützle: The question of the constitutive relevance of the money commodity. 2004, p. 4.